To find currants in the crowded foliage of midsummer, just be there in the fall, long after the berries have gone to the birds. You’ll know where they are. Wild crafters know […]
Talking Green Water
On Tuesday, September 17, I will be presenting words and images in a discussion about green water and new agricultural opportunities in the Okanagan Valley. Green Water Slowing Global Warming in Vernon […]
New Water Collection Technologies for the Okanagan
As we move to reclaim natural water processes in the valley grasslands of the Okanagan, we will need new water collection technologies. The systems we have now (upland lakes turned into reservoirs, […]
Rebuilding Vineyard Culture Rock by Rock
The world is opening after the months of lying hidden inside buds and roots. Here in the Okanagan, this is what the grapes are looking like this week… However, there are […]
Neon Green Bee 2: Wild Interface
A few days ago, I found a neon green bee up in the hills. Yesterday, I found a different species of these beauties. Here’s her story… Ditch Flowers A splash of blue mid-day, […]
Going to School
Alrighty then, so you want to go to school? Do you want to go here? Students all in Rows and Pruned to Canes and Spurs Because they don’t grow well in this climate, […]
The Art of the Palette
Art can be made out of land in many ways. One is to build a highway. These art projects often are a form of politics. Take the highways of Eastern Washington, for […]
Reading a Mountain Farm
Eco-Agriculture is a form of social art that unites the earth and human artfulness. Since, as the poet Goethe showed us yesterday, what you put into an exploration is what you get […]
